Monday newspaper round-up: Scottish oil, HSBC, US army

2nd Mar 2015 06:47

The Scottish oil industry desperately needs state support to prevent drilling fields from becoming uneconomic and prematurely abandoned, Gordon Brown told The Guardian.MPs are set to question HSBC about its relationship with the leader of the BBC Trust after they found that the bank was paying her £10,000 each day, according to The Telegraph.US army chief of staff Gen Raymond Odierno told The Telegraph that British defence cuts are destroying America's confidence in its ally.Samsung has unveiled a new line of Galaxy smartphones in an attempt to boost flailing sales, according to the Financial Times.An avalanche in Afghanistan's Panjshir valley has killed at least 198 people and the death toll has been rising as first responders try to reach remote villages that have been cut off for nearly a week, wrote The Times.Thousands of people marched in Moscow on Sunday to remember opposition leader Boris Nemtsov who was shot dead Friday night, The Wall Street Journal reported.Prime minister David Cameron has been asked by senior Tories to lower the annual net migration target below 100,000, according to The Times.